President Barack Obama says that Donald Trump’s suggestion that the US election process is rigged is “ridiculous”.
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The Trump campaign and the candidate’s son Eric, have accused the media of blowing the Khan story out of proportion.
Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson said Wednesday that Trump should apologize for disparaging the bereaved parents in an interview with WTMJ Radio, but Johnson refused to withdraw his support of the NY businessman.
The presidential campaign of Donald Trump is blaming President Obama for the death of Capt. Khan that occurred four years before Obama was president.
“The Obama-Clinton foreign policy gave rise to ISIS, made Iran flush with cash, and is now admitting vast numbers of refugees and migrants into the United States from some of the most volatile regions in the world”, Trump senior policy adviser Stephen Miller said in a statement.
Families who lose an immediate relative in a USA military action are called Gold Star families.
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: This is daily and weekly where they are distancing themselves from statements he’s making.
“What does this say about your party that this is your standard-bearer?” “We announced them to all of you”.
“We need change now”, Trump concluded.
Trump questioned whether Mrs. Khan did not speak at the convention because she was prevented from doing so by her religion and he characterized Mr. Khan’s criticism of him as “vicious”. Donald Trump had nothing to do with sending troops like Captain Khan into Iraq to begin with. “Don’t forget, last time he said I would never get the nomination, now he’s saying I wouldn’t get the election now all of the sudden he said the other day maybe I can win the election”.
FILE- This June 3, 2016, file photo shows Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., delivering a speech.
Khizr and Ghazala Khan, the parents of Capt. Humayun Khan, at the Democratic Convention, in front a picture of him before his death in Iraq.
Trump backers attending the OH rally dismissed the issue, underscoring how the businessman was able to survive numerous such firestorms in the GOP primaries.
Obama’s comments came amid a roiling war of words between Trump and the father of a slain U.S. soldier who rebuked the Republican nominee as having “sacrificed nothing”.
Donald Trump is trying to turn the page after his damaging confrontation with a gold star family, but the GOP presidential nominee is finding his growing chorus of critics getting louder. We’ve collected the best responses via Twitter below and on the following pages. The New York Times reported that a memo circulated among campaign surrogates advised them to praise the Khan family’s sacrifice, but that Trump “had a right to defend himself” in the dust-up.
Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley said the families of military service members are owed “the utmost respect”.
Obama does not believe Trump will be that president.
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A group of 23 families of fallen soldiers released a letter to Trump calling his comments “repugnant and personally offensive”.
